I actually hesitated to finish this piece after the Sonic 4 leaks. =< I kind of wish I had chosen a zone from a Genesis game for the background instead, but I decided to keep it, it's too pretty to scrap. I'm very pleased with my fluffy white clouds!

Getting Sonic CD anime style just right is more difficult than it looks and it's still probably full of mistakes. Anyway this is by far my favorite version of Sonic, he's just so cute and cool and full of life! If only he looked like this in Sonic 4~

SAI + Painter + Photoshop CS2

EDIT - It completely slipped my mind that I wanted to apply a screentone texture on this, that's what the middle of the night will do to me. D; I fixed it~

mehh , i'm not such a big fan of the classic Sonic ..but this is just so beautiful !the background really IS well done , and i especially love all the colouring ! x]sure to bring back feelings of nostalgia for some of the older or more traditional gamers .well done ! please keep up your wonderful work~ ^^

Sonic's never looked better ; DI love your take on his Sonic's "CD" appearance. Cute and a badass at the same time xDEverything here looks beautiful. The blue borders at the top and bottom are a real nice addition. Very well done

As for Sonic 4... I've seen a lot of the leaked footage. Not too thrilled with what I've seen : (But regardless, Splash Hill Zone does look nice!

Thank you! ^^ I painted this background using digital watercolor in Corel Painter, it's a pretty good program for making things look traditional. I didn't do a sketch underneath for this piece though, I just painted it as it is.